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Maha Ashtami

Official Nepal Embassy holiday calendars place Maha Ashtami on different Gregorian dates in different years, demonstrating that the date must be resolved from the target-year Nepali/official calendar.

Date / ruleDashain calendar date; Gregorian date varies by year
ScopeNepal / Dashain public-holiday calendar
VerificationNational Embassy Variable Date Verified
PortabilityVariable Custom
Evidence statusSource-backed
Last authority check2026-09-09
Target-year policyResolve Authority
Next occurrenceNot projected automatically

This record requires a current target-year source or is intentionally historical.

Authority summary

What is Maha Ashtami?

Official Nepal Embassy holiday calendars place Maha Ashtami on different Gregorian dates in different years, demonstrating that the date must be resolved from the target-year Nepali/official calendar.

Date and recurrence

Dashain calendar date; Gregorian date varies by year

The date is source-dependent or variable. A target-year source is required before assigning it to a calendar.

Scope and status

The verified scope stored for this record is Nepal / Dashain public-holiday calendar. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.

Also known as

Nepal: Maha Ashtami, Maha Ashtami

Classification

Topic and context

Faith, Tradition & Spirituality →
Accuracy controls

What this page does not assume

  • Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
  • Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
  • Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
  • Refresh the target year before publishing a new date when the record is not safely portable.
  • Faith Context Respect.
Provenance

Sources

Source policy →
  1. Embassy of Nepal, New Delhi — Public Holidays 2078 B.S. / 2021–22National Embassy Calendar
  2. Embassy of Nepal, New Delhi — Public Holidays 2079 B.S.National Embassy Calendar
Reader questions

Frequently asked questions

When is Maha Ashtami?

Dashain calendar date; Gregorian date varies by year The stored recurrence guidance is: Resolve Maha Ashtami from the authoritative Nepal government/embassy target-year Dashain calendar; do not carry a prior Gregorian date forward..

Does Maha Ashtami fall on the same date every year?

It is not safely predictable from a fixed rule; the target year needs a current source.

Is Maha Ashtami an official public holiday?

The authority record verifies it within this scope: Nepal / Dashain public-holiday calendar. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.

Who established or recognizes Maha Ashtami?

The stored designation basis is: Official Nepal Embassy holiday calendars place Maha Ashtami on different Gregorian dates in different years, demonstrating that the date must be resolved from the target-year Nepali/official calendar.. Supporting provenance includes Embassy of Nepal, New Delhi — Public Holidays 2078 B.S. / 2021–22. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.

Is Maha Ashtami international or country-specific?

This authority record is country-scoped to Nepal. Its fuller verified scope is: Nepal / Dashain public-holiday calendar.

How is this page verified?

The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-09.

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